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Am I the only one?
Catshooter:
Us agreeing with you hardly means you're not crazy. :doh:
I too spend time just sitting in my shop. It's my space, no one else's. I made, bought or built everything in it and I do love it so.
Cat
Davo J:
Some of my best ideas come from loitering in the shop. I will go down there with no plan in my head and just wonder around looking at stuff measuring and thinking of ways to do something.
Dave
AndyB:
Remember Catch 22...
If you think you're crazy you can't be; if you don't think you're crazy you must be... :doh:
I love just sitting and contemplating from time to time. Just picking up some obscure piece of tooling that I rescued from a junk box somewhere and, having no idea what it is for, wondering what I could make it do. :smart:
I have to admit though, it is usually during AndyF's well chosen 'tidy up' session. I start with good intentions...wonder where I can put it all, finally figure it is best left where it is...and, "oh look, I forgot that I had that..." :lol: :lol: :lol:
Andy
mattinker:
Some forty years ago, some friends and I would regularly go "down" to the shed where a 1949 Norton was in the slow process of restoration,there was such a nice atmosphere about that "shed" like so many workshops, there was always something to talk about, now I have a large workshop in which I'm fighting a war on invasive "stuff". Tools, hand (some I've had for forty years) and machine transmit a kind of soothing pleasure! My pillar drill is known as Mrs Denbigh, a splendid "camel back" as the Americans call them 450kgs of pure pleasure to use, despite occasional belt slip. They all have their endearing quirks! All the more pleasure!
Your not alone, Matt
velocette:
Hi Websterz
You have hit the "Nail on-in the Head" perfectly. Every one need to take this advice on this variation of the them "Take time out and smell the roses". It makes for a more ballanced approach to lifestyle.
Your workshop should be the the place of pleasure relaxation and fun where you are in charge of what gets done and how you do it.
Imagination never can run wild if you have your nose stuck on the grindstone.
Eric
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